“I like to think, or I should say other people like to think that it has ended, racism has ended, but it hasn’t, it’s still there.”

“The kind of starkness of it, the contrast, the presence of it is really stunning, and the meaning behind it too,” Adelaide added.

Because of the proximity of the Osaze Osagie shooting from the school, those who worked on the mural felt Osage’s name should be added to the mural.

“We thought about adding his name, but because his parents were local to State College at one time, we wanted to get their permission before adding it, out of respect to him and them and their past with this community, and unfortunately that did not happen before the deadline to getting it digitized.”

Bailey Kellermann, Lead Teacher, State College Friends School

The mural has been named “until all of us are free” revealing an underlying message the class wants to get across.

“To us, if I can speak on the behalf of the middle school, it’s really what we believe in, we all have to work together until everyone of us is free, regardless of their race or their creed or their sexual orientation or their color of their skin or anything,” Kellermann added.

The mural will be displayed in various churches across the area of the next several weeks. Kellermann says they have another digital version that can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. if an organization wants to display it.

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